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Our Mission
- PROTECT INSTRUCTION TIME
- INCREASE ATTENDANCE
- INCREASE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
- PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE SYSTEMS
- AUTOMATE ACCOUNTABILITY MODELS
Our primary goal is to coordinate and focus the following groups toward education's heartbeat and infrastructure needs.
- Users
- Technology Developers
- Politicians
- Investors
Our secondary goal is to provide "one data source" software for all applications at an education site. Some integrated enterprise systems advantages are listed below:
- Empower site level "in the trenches" management allowing "rudder adjustment" prior to data becoming a final statistic. Provide instant views of "where do I stand" for each "accountability system component" with emphasis on attendance and protection of instruction time. This is made easy when administration, lunch, special education, etc. is running from "one data source."
- One call for service. Placing one service call to one location for all applications would have many advantages in addition to having one service fee. This would amount to extending your staff at a large district or DOE level. In a small district, it would amount to having your own data processing STAFF comparable to a large district.
- Customized service agreements. Huge advantages are gained from one price service agreements covering all service categories, the same as OUTSOURCING does, except for hardware. This agreement contains problem definition, problem resolution, new programming, hot-line support with bodies, electronic education and on-site education.
- Enhanced data integrity. One data source maintenance point for changing and adding data would enhance data accuracy and increase security measures. A student data change in a one source environment would instantly be available for all enterprise applications such as health, lunch systems, library applications, transportation programs, special education, scheduling, transcripts, attendance, discipline, etc. To relate the above in today's hyper-marketed storefront terminology, "your multi-tier open platform enterprise data cafeteria uses seamless cookware".
- Investment protection. Easier de facto plug-and-play application models can value protect and leverage existing enterprise application investments with wrap-and-embrace rather than rip-and-replace environments.
A third goal is to stabilize COSTS and budgeting processes for school sites, district offices and States' DOE. Some financial advantages are listed below:
- State DOE level 'one data source' environment would reduce cost of data collection, increase data accuracy and make legislative dictated changes more controlled and time line managed by DOE personnel.
- Budgets can be planned better with one annual fee instead of a continual flow of invoices from a variety of vendors solving problems on an hourly rate.
- New payment methods can be created such as leasing, modified versions of an outsourcing framework can be created with confidence and data processing department extensions or expansions can be added through these frameworks where expansions could never be accomplished through normal processes.
- Reduced costs for software tools. In today's web-browser environment, less development tools and distribution products are needed. Also, many have no cost for education environments.
- The same software can be used for State DOE, public schools, vo-tech sites, charter schools, detention schools, private schools and religious schools. All education facilities would track equally within each application's framework.
- Reduce forced upgrades. Upgrades should be when the user decides to do so based upon internal criteria and not when the vendor dictates. In some districts, this costs millions. One large district had to upgrade three years in a row based upon multiple vendor dictating and some bad vendor information. This Technology Director's job was jeopardized when a board member, owner of an auto repair shop, pursued an outsourcing vendor.
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